The founder and Trustee of Gonoshasthaya Kendra Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury is in critical condition and taking treatment at the Nagar Gonoshasthaya Kendra Hospital in the Capital. The Press Advisor of Nagar Gonoshasthaya Kendra Hospital, Zahangir Alam told on Saturday...
Today, on 1 February 2023, Tapan Kumar Biswas, Joint Secretary and the Director of NGO Affairs Bureau visited COAST Foundation Principal Office Dhaka. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, the Executive Director of COAST Foundation welcomed him. This was his regular visit...
The twenty-sixth episode of the ‘NGO Talk Show’ was aired on 2 November, 2022 with one of the government-registered NGOs of Bangladesh – COAST Foundation. The title of the event was ‘Developing Bangladesh: Scope for Research’ with COAST Foundation....
Cox’s Bazar November 24, 2022
Today, on 24 November 2022, COAST Foundation has distributed cash assistance to 24 families and 19 shopkeepers who were affected by fire incident in Kutubdia Island in Cox’s Bazar which is supported by Malteser International,...
Dhaka, 14 October 2022. Rights-based civil society representatives demanded urgent action to safeguard the lives and livelihoods of women and adolescents, whose health is at danger owing to the adverse effects of climate change. The were speaking at a...
Dhaka, 29 September 2022. Civil society organizations (CSOs) demanded a strong position from the government to include the Loss & Damage issue as an agenda in the upcoming UN climate conference (Conference of the Parties, CoP 27). From...
How COAST Foundation became more inclusive by using the CHS
COAST Foundation emerged in 1998 in the southern part of Bhola Island in Bangladesh – one of the world’s most dangerous cyclone zones.
Currently the organisation serves around 1.7 million people,...
Dhaka, 24 August 2022. Civil society leaders have expressed the opinion that the international community, including the United Nations, has completely failed to exert effective pressure on Myanmar to take back the Rohingyas to their homeland. They said these...
COAST Foundation always believes in quality and accountability in its response. So, being a long-time member of the CHS Alliance (www.chsalliance.org), the organisation embarked on a Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) certification with the Humanitarian Quality Assurance Initiative (HQAI) in...
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Civil society urged UN & INGO to limit their role in monitoring and technical assistance, operational leadership should be with local NGOs
Transparency & Accountability of Humanitarian Assistance in Sylhet Has been Demanded
Dhaka, 30 July 2022. Today in a...